Great thoughts from you on money too!

Chanteuse writes: “I value my time more highly and my money less so, so I take less care of it while I focus on getting kids to various activities and on arranging a few for myself–the joy of experiences and social connections.

“However, I sometimes wonder if there is a reverse snobbery about money in there for myself… about either not valuing it enough or trying not to value it enough because we either do care or think we should care about other things more. For some (me?) perhaps even a certain “guilt” about paying too much attention to money so as to “grub” our way toward a higher economic status (than we grew up in?), one which we or our parents or our 70’s consciousness might disparage as being too materialistic, too luxurious and not in line also with global issues–environment, poverty of others, etc. How do we reconcile having that much money/things with global issues arising from consumerism?”

Trusty Seamus writes: “My wife and I approach finances with the old Sufi saying, ‘Trust God, but tie your camel.’ We understand that nothing in this world is really ours and that it’s all on loan (even our physical form).”